Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
1978 · 100 min
TV Movie · Drama
★ 7.0A touching dramatization of a short chapter of American history, tracing the life of the last Yahi Indian from his childhood to his death in 1917 and the story of his friendship with an anthropologist after his discovery in northern California in 1911.
Crew
- Director Robert Ellis Miller
- Writer Dalton Trumbo
- Writer Christopher Trumbo
- Director of Photography Woody Omens
Cast
Dennis Weaver
Prof. Benjamin Fuller
Eloy Casados
Ishi as an Adult
Devon Ericson
Lushi as a Teenager
Joaquín Martínez
Grandfather
Geno Silva
Elder Uncle
Joseph Runningfox
Ishi as a Teenager
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Lois Red Elk
Grandmother
Gregory Cruz
Timawi as a Teenager
- A
Arliene Nofchissey Williams
Mother
- M
Michael Medina
Ishi as a Boy
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Patricia Ganera
Lushi as a Girl
- E
Eddie Marquez
Timawi as a Boy
Crew
- Director — Robert Ellis Miller
- Writer — Dalton Trumbo
- Writer — Christopher Trumbo
- Director of Photography — Woody Omens
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🔥 Hot takes
warming up the wall…
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